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# Atharvavedabrahmana 14.13

Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa 14.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.13)

athaitaśapralāpaṃ śaṃsati, etā aśvā āplavanta iti | aitaśo  
ha muniryyajñasyāyurdadarśa | sa ha puttrānuvāca, puttrakā yajñasyāyurabhidadṛśaṃstadabhilapiṣyāmi mā mā dṛptaṃ (1) manyadhvamiti | tatheti  
tadabhilalāpa | tasya ha ityagniretaśāyano jyeṣṭhaḥ putrobhidrutya  
mukhamapi jagrāha, muvaṃ, dṛpto naḥ piteti | sa hovāca, dhik tvā  
jālmāparasya pāpiṣṭhānte prajāṅkariṣyāmīti | yo me mukhaṃ prāgrahīṣyo yadi jālma me mukhaṃ prāgrahīṣyaḥ (2), śatāyuṣaṃ gāmakariṣyaṃ sahasrāyuṣaṃ puruṣamiti | tasmādabhyagnaya aitaśāyanā ājāneyāḥ santaḥ  
pāpiṣṭhāmanyeṣāṃ balihṛtaḥ (3) pitāyacchaṃ tāḥ svena prajāpatinā  
svayā devatayā | yadaitaśaḥ pralāpaḥ, tat svargasya lokasya rūpaṃ  
yadvevaitaśaḥ pralāpaḥ, yātayāmā vā cittiḥ, aitaśaitaśaḥ pralāpo  
yātayāmā me yajñaḥ sadaciti me yajñosaditi | taṃ vā aitaśaitaśapralāpaṃ śaṃsati, padāvagrāhantāsāmuttamena padena praṇauti, yathā  
nividaḥ | atha pravalhikāḥ pūrvvaśastvā vitatau kiraṇau dvāviti  
pratirādhānuttarāḥ śaṃsati, bhṛgillabhigata iti pravalhikābhihaṃ vai devā asurāṇāṃ rasāmnavalhayuḥ | tadyathābhirha vai devā asurāṇāṃ  
rasāṃ pravavalhuḥ, tasmāt pravahlikāḥ, tat pravahlikānāṃ pravahlikatvam| tā vai pratirādhaiḥ pratyarārddhavan | tadyat pratirādhaiḥ pratyarārddhavan, tasmāt pratirādhāḥ, tat pratirādhānāṃ pratirādhatvaṃ | pravalrhikābhireva dviṣatāṃ bhrātṛvyāṇāṃ rasāṃ pravahlikāstā vai pratirādhaiḥ  
pratirāpnuvanti, tāḥ pragrāhamityeva | athājijñāsenyāḥ(1) śaṃsati,  
iheccha prāgapāgudagadharāgiti | ājijñāsenyābhirha vai devā  
asurānājñāya athainānanyāyan, tathaivaitadyajamānā ajijñāsenyābhirevāpriyaṃ bhrātṛvyabhāgayāthainamatiyanti | tā ardharcaśaḥ śaṃsati,  
pratiṣṭhityā eva | athātivādaṃ śaṃsati, vo3me devā akrāṃsateti  
strīrvā ativādastamekacaṃ (2) śaṃsati, ekastā vai strīstāṃ vai  
virebhaṃ(3) śaṃsati, virebhaiḥ(4) striyaṃ puruṣo vahatīti | tāmardharcaśaḥ śaṃsati, pratiṣṭhityai eva

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## Linked texts (3)

- [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.4.23) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit
- [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.6.13_4) — Sanskrit
- [Vaitānaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaitana.660) — Sanskrit

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